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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






2. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date






3. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co






4. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






5. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






6. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






7. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.






8. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability






9. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






10. Budgeted cost of work performed






11. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications






12. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






13. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






14. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.






15. Graphic display of schedule related information.






16. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.






17. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






18. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project






19. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






20. Schedule activity that has a low total float.






21. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






22. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives






23. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






24. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.






25. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules






26. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule






27. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






28. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






29. The process of completing each project procurement






30. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project






31. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






32. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result






33. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






34. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






35. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






36. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project






37. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions






38. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






39. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports






40. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance






41. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






42. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






43. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.






44. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






45. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.






46. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle






47. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.






48. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds






49. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active






50. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools